Sight.



B. B. WBSTLAKB.

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. PATENTED APR. 30', 1907.

BERTBAND B. VVESTLAKE, OF PITTSFIEIJD, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

SIGHT.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed September 6,1906. Serial No. 333.569.

To @ll whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERTRAND LAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsfield, in the county of Pike and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Sight; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to sights for sporting rifles` and thel like, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive and eXceedingly accuratedevice of this character.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sight having an aluminium blade, Wherein, the part eXposed to the eye, is beveled instead of curved, and having a metal of a different nature of decided contrast to aluminium, arranged just below the beveled portion. By this arrangement it will be seen that the contrast in the two colors of metal will enable the marksman .to see the essential point of the sight in shooting at a target.

VVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter described and shown and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rifle sight constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a base, on which the aluminium blade 2 is mounted, havingl a beveled portion 3. Heretofore the part the eye is usually curved, by which it will be seen that the light falling thereon,.from different angles, which cause confusion to the operator in using the sight, as to which is the B. WE'sT- upper or lower part thereof, which would be a potent cause of inaccurate shooting. By having the sight beveled, the same can be seen clearly and distinctly in cloudy or clear weather. To the inner end of the blade 2, is secured a piece of wire 4, of decided contrast with the aluminium. This metallic wire piece 4 preferably is composed of what is called Popeis Island gold. It will be seen that by having this wire piece of colored metal, which forms a striking contrast with the blade 2, the sight will be conducive to accurate and uniform shooting. It will be necessary of course, to have a suitable adjustable rear-sight in combination with this one.

What I claim is:

1. A sight for firearms, consisting of a light-colored blade, an L-shaped recess formed at one end thereof, an L-shaped plug engaging said recess, said plug being in contrast with said blade, said blade having a beveled portion, extending from the inner end of the top down to the upper part of said plug, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A sight for sporting rifles, comprising a rrietallic blade of light color, a metallic wire P 111%', eXtending from the base to a point near the top, said blade being beveled from the upper secured to the inner end thereof, and V end of the wire plug to the top of said blade,7 5

said plug forming a contrast in color with said blade.

In testimony whereof I have signed my i name to this specification in the presence of of the sight that is exposed to 1 two subscribing witnesses.

BEBTRAND B. VVESTLAKE. Witnesses:

F. M. L-Ewrs, D. F. ALLEN. 

